| PICCHU | Machu ---, a ruined Incan city in South Peru, abandoned during the Spanish conquest (6) |
| SUEZ | City in north-east Egypt, abandoned during the Six-Day War of 1967 (4) |
| PADDINGTONBEAR | Visitor from Peru abandoned trip having got lost round centre of Chingford (10,4) |
| MONTEZUMA | - - - II, ruler killed during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (9) |
| MACHUPICCHU | Ruined Incan city of southern Peru named from Quechua, 'old peak' (5,6) |
| MISLEADING | Deceptive ideals abandoned during Chinese dynasty (10) |
| DAYTIME | Diet may be abandoned during this period |
| AZTECS | Indigenous people dominant in Mexico prior to the 16th Century Spanish conquest (6) |
| OVIEDO | Besieged city during the Spanish Civil War |
| ELAPSE | Expire during the spanish recess (6) |
| CUZCO | City of southern Peru; capital of the Inca Empire until the Spanish conquest in 1533 (5) |
| CONQUISTADOR | Military leader in the Spanish conquest of the New World in the 16th century (12) |
| AZTEC | Member of the Nahuatl speaking people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century (5) |
| INCA | Member of a native people of Peru before the Spanish conquest |
| INCAS | Indigenous South American people whose great empire centred on Peru until the Spanish conquest (5) |
| ATAHUALPA | The last Inca Emperor whose rule was ended by the Spanish conquest (9) |
| PIZARRO | Conquistador best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (9,7) |
| FRANCISCO | Conquistador best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (9,7) |
| FIFTHCOLUMN | Organised group of enemy sympathisers within a population; originally, Franco supporters in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War (5,6) |
| BLOODTRANSFUSION | Did You Know? Canadian physician Dr. Norman Bethune (b.1890 - d.1939) organized a mobile ___ ___ service for the wounded when he was a volunteer during the Spanish Civil War |
